There are legendary judges and there are appellate court judges, but there are no legendary appellate court judges. Or at least precious few.

In California, appellate court types tend not to fit the personality profile of legends. Our ranks tend to fill with Eisenhowers and Bradleys rather than Pattons and MacArthurs. The Napoleons of the legal world either stay in the trial courts or pop up in the Supreme Court; the Wellingtons gravitate to the appellate level.

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